Ceiling-collar-attaching means



Aprilzs, 1925.

P. w. sPRl-:CHER CEILING COLLAR ATTACHING MENS Filed Dec. 15, 1923 Patented pn 28, 1925 PETER W. SPRECHER, OF IV'ILVIAUKEE, UIISCONSIN.

CEILlNG-COLLAR-ATTACHING MEANS.

Application pled December 13, 1923.

To all 't0/1,0m, t may concern:

le it known that I, Pnrnnll. Smeer-rsu,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee 5 and State of lliisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ceiling-Collar-Attaching Means; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof. l This invention relates to ceiling collar attaching means.

Gbjccts of this invention are to provide a n attaching' means for ceiling collars Awhich may be quickly applied andV with which the ceiling collar will readily cooperate to securely retain it in position, and to provide means whereby the ceiling collar may be attached to the retaining means by merely pressing the collar upwardly against such 20 means while giving it a slightly rocking motion, thus avoiding the usual laborious work ot securing the ceiling collar in position.

Further objects are to provide a ceiling collar attaching means which is inexpensive, which may be readily constructed, and which is of strong construction.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of aceiling collar showing the device in position, such Iview having vparts broken away to illustrate interior construction.

Figure 2 is a view of the device detached from the fixture outlet or supporting portion.

In mounting electrical fixtures, it is customary to provide a supporting stem such as indicated at 1 in Figure'l to which the .fixture may be attached. Upon this supporting stem a cap'2 is positioned and a screw 3 threaded thereinto. A yoke member having a transverse portion 4 is provided with a cent'fally located aperture adapted to receive screw 3, as shown in the drawings, and is adapted to befretained in position with its outer arms 5 and 6 inpcontact with the ceiling. These arms are provided with downturned flanged portions 7 and 8, respectively. The flange 8 is provided with a pair of outwardly projecting` tongues 9 and the flange 7 is provided with an aperture therethrough aligned with asimilar aperture in the slanting portion 10 of the yoke. A

Serial No. 80,420.

plunger 11 is reeiprocally mounted in these apertures, as shown in Figure l, and is provided with an inner enlarged or flanged terminal 12. rllhis terminal is pressed outwardly by means of a spring or other suitable means, as indicated at 13 in Figure 1, to cause the cuter rounded portion 14 of the plunger to project beyond the llange 12.

The ceiling collar or canopy 15 is provided with an upper flange 16 which terminates in a rolled reenforced upper edge'l?. One side of this flange is provided with a pair of apertures adapted to receive the tongues 9, as shown in the drawings, and the other side is provided with an aperture adapted to recel fe the plunger l-l. The canopy may be of any desired type. As shown in the drawings it is adapted to hold a globe 18.

in applyingthe apparatus, it is merely necessary to hook-the tongues 9 into the apertures in the flange 16 of the canopy and thereafter rock the canopy into position. rPhe round terminal 14 of the plunger 11 will be pressed inwardly by the rounded head1?" of the canopy flange and will thereafter snap into the appropriate aperture provided in such flange, thus securely locking the ceiling collar in position.

its is well known, it is difficult to manipulate screw drivers or other instruments closely adi acent the ceiling and consequently difficulty has `been .experienced in securing these collars in position without marring the ceiling. However, in the practice of this invention the ceiling collar may be readily positioned without requiring the use of any tools and consequently without any danger whatsoever of marring the ceiling. Further than this the Contact of the ceiling collar with the ceiling is assured by thisA construction.

Obviously, different forms of yokcs may be employed to accommodate different fixture supporting stems and other changes may be made in the construction of the device. It is, therefore, intended that although the invention is described inv considerable detail that it isto be limited only as claimed.

I claim:

An electric fixture adapted to be supported from a fixed stem, said fixture comprising a transversely extending strap apertured for attachment to said stem, and having upwardly. andoutwardly extending arms on canopy having apertures for lille reception of said tongue and Said plunger.

In testimony Jrhat I elaiin the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the eouny of Milwaukee and State of VViSeonSin.

PETER lV. SPRECHER. 

